Thesaurus:set apart

Thesaurus

set apart

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to select (something or someone) for a specific purpose

Synonyms

• allocate
• appropriate
• assign
• dedicate
• detach (military)
• designate
• earmark
• preselect
• put aside
• secern (archaic)
• secernate (archaic)
• separate    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
• sepose (obsolete)
• sequester
• set apart
• set aside

Hyponyms

• block off

Hypernyms

• choose    [⇒ thesaurus]
• segregate    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:tell apart

Further reading

• “609. choice” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “set apart” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.